EUPOL - Serving Afghanistan

Newsletter of the European Union Police Mission in Afghanistan

E-DATABASE FOR STAFFING revolutionises HR Management of Afghan Police page 10

CSI Kabul: Hands-on training for detectives page 5-6

SERGEANT ZARGHONA MOHABAT: ”A woman knows other woman's problems” page 4

Kabul. A policeman sur rounded by smil-ing children is on the cover page of the car-toon book titled: “What can the police do for you? Call 119!” In this beautifully illustrated book several emergencies are portrayed in which Afghan citizens ring the phone number 119, the emergency number of the Afghan

National Police (ANP). In each incident, the police arrives swiftly and solves the prob-lem. In sum, 9.000 cartoon books in Dari and Pashto have been pro-duced by EUPOL Community Polic-

ing Department. They will be distributed in schools in Kabul and in the provinces as part of the Police-e Mardume outreach pro-gramme by dedicated police units. The inci-dents in the book are taken from real life inci-dents in Afghanistan, headlines are for in-stance: “My daughter is missing! My hus-band is beating me! A boy is injured in a car accident!” “Through this cartoon book, school children will be taught in an excellent way to trust the police. The books will teach the students how to cooperate with the police in emergency cases and the use of the number 119,” says Ari-Pekka Calin from EUPOL Afghan Uniformed Civilian Police (AUCP) Project Management Unit.

“I have issued the following order to the personnel at our gate: if a suspect is taken in and then swiftly released by the police officer in charge, they must stop the suspect and bring him direct-ly to my office. I will then take over the investigation myself.” He suspects quite rightly that a bribe could be the cause for dropping the investigation. With this order General Khwaja Jela-ni, Commander of Police District 16 (PD 16) in Kabul wants to uproots corruption in his police force – the poison that could destroy the relation-ship between police and citizens.

General Jelani has used his first months as the commander of PD 16 to establish trust between police and people in the area. He strongly believes that keeping the police force uncorrupted is one of the prerequisites

of deeper engagement with communities which is one of the five pillars of EUPOL’s Project Phoenix, a tactical plan to deliver community policing principles in police dis-tricts.

Engagement with the community was the topic when EUPOL mentors Mikael Borggren and Zvonimir Pongrac had the fourth Project Phoenix related meeting with Commander Jelani at PD 16. The subject is close to Commander Jelani’s heart. Although community policing courses had not yet been delivered at PD 16, the police commander is already heavily engaged with the community and strictly demands his staff to treat people fairly. And he is proud of the results.

“I go to the mosque every Friday and speak to the people. I have encouraged them to come and tell me if they have any com-plaints against police. And of course, if they see a crime or criminal activities, they should

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What’s inside

PROJECT PHOENIX: Community Policing in action 1-3

SERGEANT ZARGHONA MOHABAT:

”A woman knows other woman's problems”

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CSI Kabul: Hands-on training for detectives 5-6

5 YEARS WORKING AS A MENTOR:

Michael Holdsworth says: “You have to be passionate

and open-minded”

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COMMUNITY POLICING SEMINAR:

Sharing good practices 8

UUNAS MUSHTARAK: Women together 8

ANTI-CORRUPTION TRAINING :

“Is this really corruption?” 9

ACTING MINISTER OF JUSTICE:

“EUPOL is more than a police mission” 9

E-DATABASE FOR STAFFING

revolutionises HR Management of Afghan Police 10

“What can the police do for you? Call 119!”

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Commander of Police District 16, General Khwaja Jelani, shows EUPOL Mentor Mikael Borggren a video of his visit community outreach activities. Commander Jelani visits regularly Mosques and schools to meet people in his area.

Project Phoenix in Kabul:

Community Policing in action

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Supporting transition!

With great interest I recently read an

article where Lt. Gen. Carsten Jacobson, ISAF deputy commander, was quoted, saying: “We are not leaving because we have to leave; we are leaving because we can. Afghanistan is ready, that’s why we are reducing our capability.” I couldn’t agree more. EUPOL Afghanistan is in a similar position because of the continued effort and support we have provided and the way in which our support has been embraced. If our mission mandate is approved this autumn, we will also progressively reduce in size by the end of 2016.

To be fair: Our work is not done yet and we will continue to work side by side with our Afghan colleagues. The new operational plan (OPLAN) provides the framework for our plans for the next two years: in 2015, we will have mainly senior advisors in the Ministry of Interior, the Attourney’s General Office and the Ministry of Justice in place. We will move our work from the classroom to the offices of key leaders, where we will stand by advising them, to support transition.

This move is only possible due to the success of our Afghan counterparts who have already gone a long way in the right direction: our job as trainers is completed. As I have witnessed myself over the last months, EUPOL and other actors from the international community have helped to develop Afghan capabilities as trainers through numerous Train-the-Trainer courses. They are now fully capable to deliver training courses themselves and I am convinced that they do not need us at that level any more.

Whilst a lot has been achieved, we now have a great opportunity to really apply the true principles of transition throughout the final phases of our mission. This will ensure that we really do leave behind capable senior leaders who will have the leadership qualities to shape the key institutions of policing and criminal justice for years to come.

Karl Åke Roghe Head of Mission

contact the police, these are my clear mes-sages during our visits at schools. Recently, we caught a thief thanks to the information sent to us by a high school student.”

At the same day when EUPOL mentors Borggren and Pongrac had the fourth Pro-ject Phoenix meeting with Commander Jela-ni, two other mentors, Ralf Doering and Pedro Yela Hernandez met for the first time with the Head of Operations (OPS) at PD 16, 1st Lieutenant, Abdul Fatta Mohammad Ali. During this preliminary meeting the mentors mapped out the procedures and technical facilities of the operations room. Also possible training needs are touched.

And certainly challenges are discussed: First Lieutenant Abdul Fatta mentions to the EUPOL mentors that he has a computer but there is no internet connection in the police station. Usually documents are transferred to the Kabul City Police Headquarters by a police officer acting as a courier.

Shortly after the meeting EUPOL train-ers provided a basic two day Train the train-ers -course in PD 16. After the course stu-dents had to deliver a basic Intelligence Led Policing (ILP) course to police officers themselves. The performance of these new trainers were monitored by EUPOL mentors as well as the Head of OPS, 1st Lieutenant Atta, who has previous experience as the head of training as well.

Different police districts are in different phases as far as Project Phoenix is con-cerned. For example at Police District 7 the project has already been concluded and now it is time to follow-up. In July EUPOL Mentor/advisor Ioana Dinu handed over the recommendations based on the observa-

tions, discussions and conclusions made by the mentors during the Project Phoenix to the Commander of PD 7, Lieutenant Colo-nel Mohammad Daood. “I have read the recommendations and I find some of them very useful. On the other hand some recom-mendations are not necessarily feasibly here”, commander Daood said to Mentor/advisor Dinu in their next meeting at PD 7.

Dinu pointed out that Project Phoenix recommendations are not meant to be orders and that EUPOL is not imposing any proce-dures. Instead the recommendations should be something to be discussed as a base for further development. Commander Daood and Dinu decided to go through the recom-mendations in the following meetings to find out the right ways to proceed the issues identified to need improvement.

In PD 7 Ioana Dinu and Community Policing Expert Christian Danner have been working also with the enthusiastic school outreach team. Head of Training, Lieutenant Colonel Parwana, is proud of his team which had already visited eight of the 15 high schools in the area, delivering presen-tations about community policing activities and principals. After each visit, the team conducts a survey among the students, ask-ing their opinion about the police.

“The results are very interesting. Stu-dents are happy that we go to meet them – and we also have very good cooperation with the headmasters. Many students have been positively surprised that they can talk with police confidentially, without fear that police would convey outsiders what they have told the police”, Lieutenant Colonel Parwana says.

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Mentor/Advisor Ioana Dinu and commander of the PD 7, Lieutenant Colonel Mahammad Daood

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“This work has been fruitful. Already 150 students said that they are interested in joining the police in the future. And we have the energy to continue this work!” Although in Kabul the purpose of Project Phonic is to deliver community policing principles in all Kabul’s police district, it soon became clear to EUPOL mentors that it is impossible to use only one working method across the board. There are four Police Districts where continuing meetings where not possible due to security reasons. To reach police officers of these districts a special model, “Phoenix Light”, was devel-oped by EUPOL.

This practical solution consisted in gathering participants from the four Police Districts in the same place, Kabul City Po-lice Headquarters, at the same time. 14 police officers, all of them Heads of Train-ing and Education or Police District Depu-ty Commanders, attended the Train-the-Trainers Course delivered by EUPOL Intel-ligence-Led Policing (ILP) Unit during two intense days at the Kabul City Police Head-quarters (KCP HQ). During the next three days the participants delivered the training themselves whilst their performance was monitored and evaluated by EUPOL ILP experts. All participants of Project Phoenix Light stated to be very content with the result. According to them, it was a good and useful idea to attend the course in a safe location like the KCP HQ.

Above: Lieutenant Colonel Parwana (second from left) with his active School outreach team of Police District (PD) 7.

Below: Project Phoenix Light gathered together, to Train the Trainers course, partici-pants from four PDs in Kabul

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On a sunny afternoon, a sobbing and upset woman in burga walks into one of the offices of Police District 16 in Kabul to find a female police officer. She could talk to a male police officer, but she feels she needs to talk to an-other woman. When she meets Ser-geant Zarghona Mohabat sitting be-hind her desk, she can finally share her worries. The crying woman demands the release of her two sons who were brought to the Police District (PD) after a physical fight with their neighbours. Sergeant Zarghona knows how to communicate with her. Very nicely and in kind words Sergeant Zarghona assures the woman that after the investigation her sons will be released if they were innocent.

Sergeant Zarghona has always encour-aged her colleagues to treat people nicely and behave properly when approaching them. When communicating with the dis-traught woman she puts into practice what she preaches for others.

Sergeant Zarghona works at PD 16 as a computer operator but that is not her only

task. She has organised plenty of Police-e Mardume (Community Policing) outreach programmes for girls’ schools and female gardens to build close relationships between the police and the citizens in her PD.

“I have visited all the girls’ schools in PD 16 to encourage them to join the police. Apart from that, I shared the police districts’ contact numbers with them to call us in case of emergency.”

In the area of Police District 16 there are a number of cases related to violence against women. Sergeant Zarghona talks about a case of girl maltreated by her male relatives: “The girl who didn’t have a father wanted to work but she was not allowed by her brother and uncle. She was beaten by her family.

We were informed about the issue and I went to see her at home. I found her uncon-sciously on the floor and immediately took her to the hospital. We solved the case, now she isn’t in danger anymore.”

The small number of female police with-in the Afghan National Police is a major problem in Afghanistan. Currently, out of 157,000 police force, just 1,800 are female police. According to the Afghan Ministry of Interior’s plan, the number should increase to 10,000 by the end of this year.

Sergeant Zarghona believes a woman knows another woman’s problems much better than their male counterparts. “I ask the Afghan families to encourage their-daughters to join the police. We try to change the perception of people about the police. I have always told the women I meet in PD 16 that we are your friends, we are here to help you.” Sergeant Zarghona re-cently received a “Best Practice certificate” for her performance in terms of community policing in PD 16 by Kabul City Police and EUPOL. “I am proud to have I received this certificate. This is a big motivation for us. In my duty, I will be at service of my country, my people and my family.”

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Sergeant Zarghona Mohabat:

“A woman knows other woman's problems”

Sometimes it is easier for a woman to talk to another woman, especially to a woman like Sergeant Zarghona, who treats all customers politely.

“I ask the Afghan families to encourage their daughters to join the police.”

- Sergeant Zarghona Mohabat

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A dead body lies on the ground. There are bloodstains spattered all around and a pistol on the gravel near the body. The Crime Scene In-vestigation (CSI) team arrives and the officer orders in a loud voice: “Cordon the area and do not let oth-er people to enter the crime scene.” A member of the CSI team enters the crime scene and starts marking specific pieces of evidence.

“See, they write the names of evidence on the plastic bag and then put the evi-dence inside it. It is very interesting to see, though we know there is blood on the ground, they don’t write “blood”, they write “Red Substance”. After the tests at the laboratory, they will confirm if it is really blood or not”, says Second Lieuten-ant Bilal Ahmad, while pointing at the mock crime scene.

Bilal who has been working as a police officer since four and half years is one of the participants of the Core Investigator Course program at the Crime Management

College (CMC) and currently works at one of the Police Districts (PDs) in Kabul. The main scenario is based upon a murder and in which the suspect has escaped. The stu-dents conducted a practical exercise to test their ability in relation to crime scene man-agement and evidence gathering.

“When we conducted previous training courses, we sent our trained staff members to real crimes scenes. We observed their investigations and realised that certain training needs existed. They had received training on basics, but they need advanced training courses to learn more”, says Colo-nel Essa Mohammad, Head of the CMC, who is an experienced police officer and has worked as the Head of Intelligence in Zone 4 of Border Police, Head of Traffic in Herat and as a trainer at the Afghan Na-tional Police Academy (ANPA).

In August, 35 students, among them one woman and 34 men, of the Core Investigator Course attended courses on all major investi-gating topics. The main focus of the training is on crime scene management, investigative interviewing, evidence gathering, intelligence

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Above and below:

Evidence gathering at a mock up crime scene, a practical exercise which is part of the Core Investigator Course at the Crime Management College.

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for crime investigators and professional practices. The course is based on the plans of the Afghan Ministry of Interior (MoI) and organised by CMC for the capacity building of the investigators.

The participants of the course are enthu-siastic about the hands-on training. “Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) is part of the course and the students are eager to learn all the details in the practical part”, says Colo-nel Essa Mohammad.

For Nicole Grundler, EUPOL Training Operations Coordinator, this is yet another clear example of the significant progress that is being made by the Afghan police. She believes this Afghan-led specialist crime training, also demonstrates what can be achieved by working together in close partnership. “These students should be very proud of themselves for their achievements and this will undoubtedly benefit the people and communities of Afghanistan”, she said.

As the Afghan National Police (ANP) grows stronger day by day, the practical training of the police officers is more often conducted by Afghan trainers. At the same time the EUPOL Mission is moving from the operational and tactical level to a strate-gic level and will continue to support the senior leadership of the ANP in developing standards.

Colonel Essa confirms that there are

many experienced teachers at the Police Academy. “I am sure that our Afghan train-ers are capable to train other Afghans.” However, there are still challenges in plan-ning and delivering this kind of training, admits Essa. “One of the major challenges is that the previous knowledge and experience of the participants of a course are not at the same level. We may have a colonel and a sergeant at the same class and advanced training may not be understood by all the students. But we are planning to fix this problem in the future.”

So how did the CSI team of different ages and ranks manage to deal with the mock crime scene? EUPOL Chief of the CMC Ulf Dieter liked what he saw there: “I was very impressed with how the students put their theoretical knowledge into prac-tice. This demonstrates that our Afghan col-leagues have reached, with international support, the set goals on a professional and personal level.”

Above: The main scenario of the mock up crime is based upon a murder and in which the suspect has escaped. Numbers tag each piece of evidence at the scene.

Middle: EUPOL mentors, among them Ulf Dieter (on the right), observe the practical exercise.

Below: The alleged murder weapon, a pistol, is carefully put in a plastic bag.

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“One of the major challenges is that the knowledge and experience of the participants are not on the same level.”

- Colonel Essa Mohammad

Five years working at EUPOL in Af-ghanistan as a senior Anti-Corruption mentor, six mentees and still a lot of passion and compassion: Michael Holdsworth is the longest serving mentor for the EUPOL mission, he enjoys his work and strongly believes in continuity. He joined the mission in 2009 when his first mentee was Inspector General Lt. General Mohammad Wakeel Akbari. Currently Mi-chael is the mentor to Ministry of Interior’s Inspector General, Major General Abdul Hakim Nejrabi, in the Afghan Ministry of Interior (MoI) for Anti-Corruption. In the short interview below he reflects on his five years in Afghanistan and also provides ad-vice to new mentors.

Question: What has changed since you started here five years ago? Michael Holdsworth: When I star ted with EUPOL in the MoI Anti-Corruption unit we were only two mentors. Now we are a fully-fledged unit with 22 positions covering both the MoI and Attourney General’s Office (AGO). I have witnessed a number of good achievements. We developed the mobile Anti-Corruption units, funded and delivered numerous training courses and more im-portantly enhanced the cooperation between investigators and prosecutors. Considerable effort still needs to be undertaken in order to tackle corruption which is going to take a number of years. There also needs to be a far stronger political will within the govern-ment to tackle this important issue. My hope is that the new president will have it on his political agenda.

Q: What were your expectations upon your arrival in Kabul? Michael: To be fair , Afghanistan was not my first choice. Having said that, it was far better than I had expected it would be when I arrived. I am working with committed, compassionate Afghans who really do want to make a difference. I was pleasantly sur-prised by the quality of the facilities in the compound: I certainly never expected a squash court nor to have my own private room with international TV channels and internet. I also never expected to celebrate both my 50th and 55th birthdays in Kabul!

Q: What advice would you give to new men-tors? Michael: Fir st, you must have the full support of your family. You should not be here without their support. I am grateful to my wife for backing my decision to work here. From a professional perspective: I had an easy start with my first mentee, Lieuten-ant General Mohammad Wakeel Akbari, who had been educated in the UK – we shared the same understanding and soon developed a close working relationship. To build trust and confidence are key ingredi-ents when working in Afghanistan as a men-tor. You should take time to get to know the people you work with and try to walk in their shoes. Q: What kind of mindset do you need to have to be a mentor? Michael: Show compassion, be open-minded and don’t assume that they don’t know things – I often reflect how I would feel if it was the other way around and Inter-

national advisors were visiting my office several days a week thinking they know better than me! There may be different ap-proaches. For example, there is certainly a cultural difference when it comes to daily work: everything is referred up the chain of command for a decision, even for simple items such as pens and paperclips which must have approval from a senior officer which is so different to what I am used to where decision making has been pushed down to the lowest level. This is only one example but I want to add that I love to work and train bright, intelligent Afghans who really want to develop themselves and make a difference for their country. I am going to the Ministry of Interior four times a week and still enjoy my work tremendously. I believe this is where I should be – I could-n’t cope sitting in the compound or in my office for the entire week. The Afghans are very grateful for this level of contact. Q: How long will you stay on? Michael: I thoroughly enjoy my work and would like to stay on but do realize that at some point I need to be back home with my family. I also believe that continuity and institutional memory is of high importance in the working relationships with our Af-ghan partners. For example, three years ago I went to one of the Southern provinces to assess and write an action plan for one of our Afghan partners. I then returned over two years later to find the action plan un-touched. The officer never expected to see the same person return from Kabul to con-duct any follow up as most mentors rotate after 12-24 months. I still see him around Kabul today and we often joke about that experience.

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“Show compassion, be open-minded”

Michael Holdsworth joined the UK Police service in Suffolk in 1979 and served for over 30 years before retiring and working for EUPOL. Prior to being deployed to Afghanistan Michael was a District Police Commander for the west part of Suffolk. Michael has further worked with the Unit-ed Nations in Bosnia (1998) as Deputy Regional Commander, in East Timor (1999) as Chief of Operations and in Sier-ra Leone (2003/04) as Deputy Civpol Commander.

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A five-day seminar, arranged by the Community Policing Directorate at the Minis-try of Interior (MoI) MoI and supported by EUPOL took place at the Police Staff College in August. Stakeholders from all over Afghanistan, including 50 Police-e Mardume officers, participated. The aim was to further develop the civilian polic-ing model for the Afghan Uniformed Police by sharing good practices and estab-lishing networks.

The Community Policing Directorate of the Afghan Ministry of Interior (MoI) had invited the main actors from all over Afghanistan, including EUPOL, UNDP-JHRA, UNDP-LOTFA, UNAMA and UNICEF, for a series of discussions. The aim of the joint sessions was to discuss all possible aspects of community policing with local and international community policing experts. At the same time, the seminar supported the implementation of the 10 year strategic vision of the MoI, the National Policing Strategy and the more detailed two year work plan.

The seminar was opened by Colonel Ayne, Director of the Police-e Mardume at the MoI, and Karl Ake Roghe, EUPOL Head of Mission, along with the representa-tives of UNDP/LOTFA and the Police Staff College. Simon O'Connor, Head of Community Policing at EUPOL, said: “This was an excellent example of true col-laboration and cooperation between international experts and our Afghan col-leagues within this key area.”

EUPOL marked another step in the deliv-ery of its training programme to a strate-gic target group: Afghan female police and female prosecutors. As many as 15 prosecutors, defense lawyers and CID officers, including three women graduated from “Unaas Mushta-rak” (women together), a police-prosecutor cooperation course which in-cluded a Gender and Human rights mod-ule in Kabul. The course was organised by the GIZ and EUPOL Afghanistan as part of the Train-the-Trainers programme. EUPOL Head of Rule of Law Component Daphne Lodder and Chief of Justice De-partment Lorin Ovidiu Hagima took part in the closing ceremony and handed over

certificates to the participants. The first part of the intensive two-week course was an introduction to the Police-Prosecutor Cooperation Manual, the second dealt

with teaching of methodology and the third part covered Gender and Human Rights. The Train-the Trainers programme created an increased awareness within the Afghan Ministry of Interior (MoI) and Attorney General’s Office (AGO) to allo-cate more resources towards the profes-sional development of female police and female prosecutors. The Unaas Mushtarak Training Project has been funded by the German Foreign Office through its implementing partner GIZ and it will be run by EUPOL and GIZ in the future as well. Four more courses are already scheduled in 2014 — in Ka-bul, Herat and Mazar-e Sharif.

The Head of Mission, Karl Åke Roghe, have had several fruitful meetings in a friendly atmosphere with Afghan counterparts. In the month of August, he met for instance with the Acting Minister of Interior, General Salangi (picture above), to discuss EUPOLs future plans to offer strategic advice to the Ministry of Interior. Also present were Alexander Schmelzer and Tarmo Miilits from EUPOL. In the midst of August, Karl Åke Roghe, also had a warm meeting with EUPOL’s neighbours, the Elders of Cha Burja (picture below).

Fruitful encounters

Unaas Mushtarak – women together

Community Policing Seminar

– sharing good practices

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“Is this really corruption?” asks one of the participants of the Anti-Corruption (AC) Mainstreaming course, conducted by Mentor Advisor for AC, Karel Kosek. EUPOL’s Anti-Corruption mainstreaming course intends to raise AC awareness by firstly providing the participants with a definition of corruption and second-ly, by identifying corruption activities and the best ways in which to prevent and fight corruption, in all police re-lated activities.

Starting with the top management level, the course focused on all eleven Police District (PD) commanders’ in Mazar-e Sharif City, together with Criminal Investigation Depar-ment (CID) officers and has been conducted under Afghan ownership by Atiqula Habib, an Anti-corruption judge from Primary Court Balkh, on 3 August.

The PD commanders’ followed the top-ics with a lot of interest, raising numerous questions. Some of the commanders ex-pressed their surprise when they heard from the judge that taking or accepting bribes is legally defined as corruption, as is a prom-ise to do so, questioning, “Is this really cor-ruption?”

During the training, the commanders’ started a discussion about the reasons for corruption: For example low salaries could be cause which have demotivating effects on the police force leading to corruption, also mentioned was corruption committed at the senior management level. The com-manders also discussed Afghanistan’s pro-gress during the last years with regard to security, the promotion of Rule of Law (RoL) and Human Rights as well as the development of Community Policing in the Balkh province.

The second course, held on 5 August, focused on Deputy Commanders’ of PD’s

and CID officers. The importance of the Anti-Corruption Mainstreaming training was underlined by the massive local news coverage: TV stations from Mazar-e Sharif interviewed the Police Commanders how they are going to fight corruption.

At the end of the course, the Police Commander of Police District 5, Lieutenant Colonel Mohammad Yosuf, expressed his gratitude for EUPOL’s endeavors in strengthening the Afghan Police by offering professional education. Referring to what he has learnt about the fight against corruption, he said quite rightly: “It is all about knowledge: First comes the knowledge and only then we can act in accordingly.” He promised to take action in his line of work.

More Anti-corruption mainstreaming courses are planned at the end of Septem-ber in order to provide the police officers with more knowledge about corruption, how to define, analyse and eventually fight against it.

The cooperation between EUPOL and the Afghan Ministry of Justice will continue after 2014. The scope and focus of this cooperation was discussed in a meeting be-tween EUPOL Head of Rule of Law (RoL) Component Daphne Lodder and the Acting Minister of Justice Said Yusuf Haleem.

The cooperation will be based on the ad-vanced legal technical support offered to the Taqneen Department, in particular (Criminal Law Division), Criminal Law Reform Work-ing Group, Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) Working Group and advising on CPC imple-mentation.

“I am happy and proud of EUPOL’s work with the Ministry of Justice, in particular with the Taqneen Department because EUPOL delivers what it promises. EUPOL is

more than a police mission, its work benefits other institutions like the Ministry of Justice and Attorney General Office as well”, said Minister Haleem.

Head of Rule of Law Component, Daph-ne Lodder assured Minister Haleem that in 2015 “EUPOL will continue to offer high-level advice to the Ministry of Justice and the mission will analyze the possibility of assist-ing Ministry of Justice in the review of other laws, which are on the government’s legisla-tive calendar for 1393.” EUPOL Chief of Justice Department Hagima discussed two project areas with Minister Haleem. First, EUPOL will continue to support the imple-mentation of the new CPC and will organise a national conference, one year after its entry into force. Second, EUPOL will also draft,

print and disseminate a manual and a training curriculum on access to legal aid, reviewed and ratified by all interested parties inside two advanced seminars and a documentary on legal aid will accompany the materials. All activities in 2015 will focus on transition to Afghan ownership. Where continued sup-port is needed, EUPOL promised the minis-ter to do its best to seek cooperation with other International Community actors.

Police Commanders und officers from the Criminal Investigation De-partment discuss the best way to fight corruption.

"Is this really corruption?"

Acting Minister of Justice: “EUPOL is more than a police mission”

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It was a historic moment when Lieuten-ant General Ikramuddin Yawar, Afghan Deputy Minister of Interior for Admin-istration, pressed the button on a laptop . This marked the launch of E-Tashkeel (electronic organisational staffing plan database) of the Afghan National Police. The computerised system will now enable the Force Management Department (FMD) and Tashkeel Department to keep standardised records of the personnel within the MoI. “In the 21st century, the MoI definitely needed to be equipped with modern technol-ogy. This database is being set-up with the support of international counterparts. EUPOL has been supporting us with provid-ing training courses for the personnel of the Ministry of Interior (MoI) to manage the E-Tashkeel”, said Lieutenant General Yawar. He added: “As soon as the E-Tashkeel database is set up in Kabul and in all prov-inces of Afghanistan, we will be able to pos-sess a transparent system. We couldn’t man-age to fix identification cards problems within the MoI. I hope we come up with solutions for our problems, and step by step tackle the challenges.” EUPOL, together with its counterparts, the NATO Training Mission to Afghanistan (NTM-A) and the Afghan MoI, made the set-up of the database system possible. The MoI Tashkeel is the structure of the ANP as the main backbone of the ministry to deal with personnel recruitment, background information and job description.

On this day, another milestone was achieved with linking the Administration of Human Resources Information Management System (AHRIMS) to the MoI’s E-Tashkeel. AHRIMS is a system where po-lice identification cards, Electronic Payment System (EPS) and personal records are reg-istered. The Head of General Directorate of Per-sonnel, Lieutenant General Wakil Akbari said: “This system has to be linked to the provinces as every single change has to be registered automatically in the system. This will save us a lot of paperwork and bureau-cracy.”

A EUPOL-hired trainer has been training about 35 persons over the last year to man-age the e-Tashkeel. The course has three modules, basic, intermediate and advanced. The main goal behind the course is to train the personnel to manage and administer the Tashkeel database themselves, manage eve-ry data from current Tashkeel and link job descriptions of each individual policeman with the Tashkeel database. “Today, the MoI has made history by launching the elec-

tronic Tashkeel. You have passed now yet another leap forward towards your goal of achieving the capacity milestone. We have agreed to train the Force Management De-partment personnel and build a new Tash-keel database. I am proud that we have been able to work together and I can assure you that EUPOL will continue to support you in the future”, said Pia Stjernvall, EUPOL Act-ing Head of Mission. For the execution of the tasks and trans-parent recruitment of the staff as well as having procedures for both a database and integrated secure web-based portal, the data management will ensure a permanent solu-tion. The new Tashkeel database is a new technology which will make it easier for the Tashkeel department to track the data.

Major General Mohammad Wasim Azi-mi, General Head of Force Management Department said: “Police planning is only successful with an organised database and e-Tashkeel. We need the E-Tashkeel to pro-cess transparently promotions, retirements, salaries but also to register weapons.”

First Lieutenant Abdul Khabir, Member of the Tashkeel Department and responsible for managing staffing plan of the provinces is very content. In the past the information about a policeman and his or her equipment were registered by different departments, but now it is much easier: “It is a very sophisti-cated system where each person’s details in the police force can be easily registered , including all the their equipment — weap-ons or uniforms for instance. I believe it will be huge success for the MoI.”

Electronic staffing database revolutionises Human Resources Management of Afghan Police

Click: Lieutenant General Ikramuddin Yawar, Afghan Deputy Minister of Interior for Administration, pressed the button on a laptop to mark the launch of the E-Tashkeel (electronic organisational staffing plan database) of the Afghan National Police.

“We need the E-Tashkeel to process transparently promotions and salaries but also to register weapons.”

- Major General Mohammad Azizi